"The soul's deeper parts can only be reached through its surface. In this way the eternal forms, that mathematics and philosophy and the other sciences make us acquainted with, will by slow percolation gradually reach the core of one's being; and will come to influence our lives..." C.S. Peirce.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Entertaining Angels

You just never know. There’s no way to know, just from looking at the
sign. Maybe he was a con man, or maybe he was just my brother, genuinely
in need of human contact to maintain his dignity. Or maybe he was even
more than that. How does that passage go? “Some of you have entertained
angels unawares.”